Medical confidentiality against disclosure in the public interest: should such protective privilege ends when public peril begins?
The integrity of the doctor-patient relationship is based on safeguarding patient's confidential information. Medical ethics stress the importance of confidentiality based on the assumption of an individual's right to privacy and on the assumption that the consequences of breaching this ri...
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LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd
2006
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/3425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3425/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3425/1/medical_confidentiality.pdf |